▶ Your Answer : Some people think that athelets and entertainers does not deserve to get paid lots of money. Others believe that athelets and entertainers are eligible to get great amount of compensation. Personally, I agree with the latter statement. There are some reasons for this as follows.
First of all, famous athletes and entertainers spend their whole life to become professinal. Also, they bring invaluable worth and honor to nation. Yun-A Kim, world famous figure skater, is a representative person to explain this. She started skating when she was under 5 years old. At that time there was no facility to practice skating. Due to lack of national support and interest to that field, her parents had to bare all spent on finding location and trainers. Even she had to practice at amusement park's ice skating field every night for more than 10 years, because it was only available place and time to practice skating in Korea. It is kind of miracle that she could build great skill and develop her talent in such a bad condition. Considering their efforts and time spent to one aim, they are eligible to get large amount of money.
Furthermore, famous entertainers help to improve national images. K-pop is an exaple for this. When I was in Australia 7 years ago, most of Australian assumed me as Japanese or Chinese because they do not know about South Korea. However, when I was in New York last year, I could go to Krorean Rapper's concert in Manhattan. It was a great surprise to me that American friends were following his gesture and song. It was a big difference that I felt from Austraila 7 years ago. Thanks to the famous entertainers, many foreign friends become interested in Korea and even know how to sing Korean song. In this sense, famous entertainers bring huge infulence on improving national image. Therefore, I think they deserve to lots of money.
To conldue, I stongly believe that well-known athelets and entertainers needs tobe paid enough. This is because they had worked so hard to become a star and they are playing a great role in increasing positive national images. |